Current Affairs – August 2020

1. Who becomes the 66th Grandmaster of India?

Tamil Nadu’s G Akash

2. What is the theme of the ‘World water day’ 2020?

Water and Climate Change

3. What is the name of first space observatory of India, which recently helps Indian astronomer to find one of the farthest star galaxies ‘AUDFs01’ in the universe which is estimated to be located 9.3 billion light-years away from the Earth?

AstroSat

4. What is the rank of India in Economic Freedom Index 2020?

120. First – Singapore among 186 countries.

5. Recently Indian Institute of Technology Alumni Council has launched a “COVID-19 test bus” in which city?

Mumbai

6. Recently which state government has launched the country’s frst ever ‘FIR Aapke Dwar Yojana’?

Madhya Pradesh

7. Recently the book titled ‘Vijyant at Kargil: The Life of a Kargil Hero’ has been released, it is the Biography of which Captain?

Vijyant Thapar

8. Recently which state government has “Mukhya Mantri Shahari Rojgar Guarantee Yojna”, guaranteeing at least 120 days of employment to people living in urban areas?

Himachal Pradesh

West Bengal

10. Recently who has been appointed by Google Cloud as its Vice President (Engineering) in India?

Anil Bhansali

11. Recently TVS Group and which IIT jointly developed an automated respiratory assist device "Sundaram Ventago"?

IIT Madras

12.How much amount was approved by World Bank to coastal resources of India recently?

$400 Million

13. Recently PNB Housing Finance has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with which IIT to support Research & Development for reusable Personal Protective Equipment to be supplied to government hospitals?

IIT Delhi

14. Recently Swiss frm Zurich Airport International AG has got security clearance from the Centre for developing Jewar airport, Jewar airport is situated in which state?

Uttar Pradesh

15. Recently Chinese smartphone maker OPPO announced a partnership with which telecom company to boost 5G adoption in the world?

Vodafone

16. Recently the Reserve Bank of India has reduced the reverse repo rate from 3.75 percent to what percentage?

0.0335

17. Recently which country has provided USD 2 million aid for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency working for the welfare of Palestinian refugees?

India

18. How much amount has been sanctioned by Asian Development Bank to India to help in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic?

$1.5 billion

19. Recently which bank started a new feature of voice banking services on Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant for their customers?

ICICI Bank

20. Recently Benny Gantz was sworn in as the alternate Prime Minister of which country?

Israel

21. Recently Prime Minister of Lesotho Thomas Thabane has formally resigned from the post, where is the capital of Lesotho?

Maseru

22. Recently a how much loan agreement for a project has been signed by the Government of India, the Government of West Bengal and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank?

West Bengal

23. Recently which organisation has launched a campaign titled “Surakshit Dada-Dadi & Nana-Nani Abhiyan” to ensure well-being of senior citizens of the country?

NITI Aayog

24. Which Indian university wins Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy?

Punjab University

25. Who wins The International Booker Prize 2020?

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, for her fiction book titled as 'The Discomfort of Evening'.

26. What is the name of First Marine Ambulance Boat of Kerala?

PRATHEEKSHA

27. Who becomes the first fast bowler to take 600 test wickets?

James Anderson

28. Who wins the Mental Calculation World Championship?

Neelakantha Bhanuprakash

29. Which football team wins UEFA Champions League 2019-20?

German Club Bayern Munich defeating French team by 1-0

30. Which three cricketer has been inducted into ICC "Hall of Fame"?

Jacques Kallis(South Africa),Lisa Sthalekar(Australia),Zahir Abbas(Pakistan)

31. Who has been appointed as new Election Commissioner of India succeeding Ashok Lavasa?

Rajiv Kumar

32. Who wins World Snooker Championship 2020?

Ronnie O' Sullivan

33. Who is the new Governor of Goa?

Bhagat Singh Koshyari(Additional Charge with Maharastra)

34. Who has been nominated as the Presidential Candidate of Democratic Party of USA?

Joe Biden

35. Who is the new president of Dominican Republic?

Luis Abinader

36. Who is the current Director General of BSF?

Rakesh Asthana

37. Who won Spanish Grand Prix 2020?

Mercedes Racer Lewis Hamilton

38.Which country won the first FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020?

India and Russia jointly declared as the winner.

39.Who won Belgian Grand Prix 2020?

Mercedes Lewis Hamilton

40.Congress MP Harikrishnan Vasanthakumar,who recently passed away due to COVID-19,was elected from which Constituency?

Kanyakumari,Tamilnadu.

41.India's Longest River Ropeway has been built over which river?

Brahmaputra River,it will connect Guwahati and North-Guwahati.

42.Francisco Asue has been reappointed as the PM of Equatorial Guinea.What is the capital of Equatorial Guinea?

Malabo

43.Which company wins IPL 2020 Title sponsorship?

Dream11

44.What is the theme of World Humanitarian Day 2020?

#RealLifeHeroes ,it is observed annually on 19th of August.

45.Who is the new Prime MInister Of Ivory Coast?

Hamed Bakayoko

46.Name the Rover launched by NASA to Mars?

Peserverence

47.Who has been appointed as the personal secretary to PM Narendra Modi?

Hardik Satishchandra

48.Who wrote "Quest for Restoring Financial Stability in India"?

Viral Acharya,Former Deputy Governor of RBI

49.Who wrote "The India way :Strategies for an Uncertain World"?

S Jaishankar,External Affair Minister

50.Which region of India is going to be developed as “Maritime and Start-up hub” ?

Andaman & Nicobar Island.Recently,PM Modi inaugurated the 2,313-km undersea cable between Chennai and Port Blair was laid by state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. The fibre-based network connects seven islands — Swaraj Dweep (Havlock), Long Island, Rangat, Little Andaman, Kamorta, Car Nicobar and Greater Nicobar.

51.Pandit Jasraj, one of the world’s most prominent Indian classical vocalists, passed away. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) had already named an asteroid after him.Name the Asteroid?

2006 VP32, as Panditjasraj.

52. Recently, the Gujarat government has awarded the contract for the Bhadbhut project in Bharuch. It is a part of larger project.Name that project?

The project is part of the larger Kalpasar Project, which entails the construction of a 30-km dam across the Gulf of Khambhat between Bharuch and Bhavnagar districts.

53.Who is the first woman of Indian descent and black woman to be nominated as the Vice – Presidential Candidate of a major political party in the U.S. ?

Ms Kamala Harris,Democratic Party

54. Which Indian state declared Sonneratia alba as the State mangrove tree ?

Maharashtra.

K.V.Kamath

56.In which state, the first ever Dragonfly Festival named Thumbimahotsavam ,2020,was held?

Kerala

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